Unit HISTORY OF MODERN ART

Course

Cultural heritage

Study-unit Code

GP005313

Curriculum

In all curricula

Teacher

Laura Teza

Teachers

Laura Teza
Tommaso Giovanni Mozzati (Codocenza)

Hours

10 ore - Laura Teza
44 ore (Codocenza) - Tommaso Giovanni Mozzati

CFU

Course Regulation

Coorte 2021

Offered

2022/23

Learning activities

Caratterizzante

Area

Discipline relative ai beni storico-archeologici e artistici, archivistici e librari, demoetnoantropologici e ambientali

Academic discipline

L-ART/02

Type of study-unit

Obbligatorio (Required)

Type of learning activities

Attività formativa monodisciplinare

Language of instruction

Italian

Contents

Outlines of art history in Italy from the early fifteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century, with monographic, thematic and methodological insights.

Reference texts

For art historical outlines, a textbook of your choice from the following:
- C. Bertelli, G. Briganti, A. Giuliano, Storia dell’arte italiana, Electa, Milano.
- P. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano.
- F. Negri Arnoldi, Storia dell’Arte, Fabbri, Milano.
- R. Scrimieri, L’arte e la storia dell’arte, Minerva Italica, Milano.

The study of the chosen textbook implies the knowledge of all the introductory parts, those devoted to the in-depth study of specific topics (defining the general characters of an era, in-depth study of an artistic genre or technique, etc.), as well as knowledge of the profiles of the artists indicated in the list of names prepared for this purpose (the list indicates a greater number of personalities for students enrolled in Beni Culturali).

For methodological outlines:G. C. Sciolla, Studiare l'Arte. Metodo, analisi e interpretazione delle opere e degli artisti, Novara 2010.

The study of the text-book should be supplemented with the choice of monographic volume related to one of the eras covered during the classes. Each student should choose one volume from those listed below, . The texts must be studied in their entirety, except for those for which different indications are given in round brackets.

The volumes between the students can choose are:
- For the late Gothic: S. Bettini, Il gotico internazionale, a cura di E. Bordignon Favero, Vicenza, Neri Pozza, 1996 [the volume can be found in the Biblioteca umanistica: Arte-musica, Op. Gen. 047].
- For the early Renaissance: R. Longhi, Fatti di Masolino e di Masaccio, Milano, Abscondita, 2014 [with special attention to pp. 9-85, namely the essay first published in "Critica d'arte," V, 1940, nos. 25/26, pp. 145-191]
- For the Late Renaissance: M. Baxandall, Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972 [the volume is translated into Italian by Einaudi: Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell'Italia del Quattrocento, Turin, Einaudi, 1978. The volume can be found in the Biblioteca umanistica: Arte-musica, St. Crit. Baxa. 1].
- For the Early Cinquecento: A. Pinelli, La bella maniera: artisti del Cinquecento tra regola e licenza, Torino, Einaudi, 1993.
- For the Late Cinquecento: J. K. G. Shearman, Mannerism, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1967 [the volume is translated into Italian by S.P.E.S.: Il Manierismo, Florence, S.P.E.S., 1983. The volume can be found in the Biblioteca umanistica: Arte-musica, Op. Gen. 318]
- - For the transition between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: F. Zeri, Pittura e controriforma. L’arte senza tempo di Scipione da Gaeta, Torino, Einaudi, 1957 [reprint can be consulted: Vicenza, Pozza, 1997. The text can be found in Humanities Library: Arte-musica, Op. Gen. A 022]
- for the Baroque: F. Haskell, Patrons and Painters: a study in the relations between Italian Art and Society in the age of the Baroque, London, Chatto & Windus, 1963 [the volume is translated into Italian by Sansoni: Mecenati e pittori, studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell'età barocca, Florence, Sansoni, 1966. The reprint can be consulted: Turin, Einaudi, 2020. The volume can be found in the Biblioteca umanistica: Arte-musica, Op. Gen. 072] (The essay should be studied only for the introductory parts and those devoted to Baroque Rome, leaving out the chapter on Venice in the eighteenth century; i.e., with reference to the Einaudi edition, the following should be studied: Prefazione, Parte prima, Parte seconda, Conclusioni).
- For the late seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries: R. Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy 1600 to 1750, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1958 [the volume is translated into Italian by Einaudi: Arte e architettura in Italia: 1600-1750, Turin, Einaudi, 1958. A reprint may be consulted: Turin, Einaudi, 2018. The volume can be found in the Biblioteca umanistica: Arte-musica, Op. Gen. 062] (The essay should be studied only for the introductory parts, the conclusions and those parts devoted to the late Baroque and Rococo periods).
In the case of specific interests of the student, the study of one of these volumes may be substituted by another academic book (essay, exhibition catalog, etc.).
In order to identify cross-cutting topics (as a substitute for the above texts), it is suggested that the following collective works be consulted:
- PLa pittura in Italia, Milano, Electa [particularly for the volumes between "Il Duecento e il Trecento" (edited by E. Castelnuovo, 1986) and "Il Settecento" (edited by G. Briganti, 1990)].
- Storia dell'arte italiana, 12 vols., Turin, Einaudi, 1979-1983.

Educational objectives

L’insegnamento, tra i fondamentali nei percorsi formativi in beni e attività culturali, letterature e civiltà moderne, prevede l’apprendimento dei lineamenti della storia dell'arte in Italia in età moderna, supportato da una corretta capacità di lettura delle opere e di analisi delle esperienze figurative con adeguata coscienza metodologica.

Prerequisites

It is assumed that the student has acquired during schooling a general knowledge of the historical and cultural, literary, philosophical and geographical context relating to the period under study. In addition, a basic understanding of the main stylistic directions and major personalities qualifying the history of art in Italy between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age is hoped for.

Teaching methods

Lectures with screenings, tutorials, educational visits. Study visits to Foligno, Florence, Rome.

Other information

Artists list
Storia dell'arte moderna exam.
Prof. Tommaso Mozzati

Students not enrolled in Beni Culturaliand Erasmus students may limit themselves to artists whose names appear in capital letters.

Asterisks suggest the importance of individual artists in view of the exam.
- Michelino da Besozzo
- GENTILE DA FABRIANO ***
- PISANELLO *
- Lorenzo Monaco
- LORENZO GHIBERTI ***
- JACOPO DELLA QUERCIA *
- FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI ***
- MASACCIO ***
- Masolino da Panicale *
- Sassetta
- DONATELLO ***
- Michelozzo *
- BEATO ANGELICO **
- LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI **
- LUCA DELLA ROBBIA ***
- Agostino di Duccio *
- IL FILARETE *
- BERNARDO e ANTONIO ROSSELLINO *
- Desiderio da Settignano *
- Mino da Fiesole
- PAOLO UCCELLO **
- FILIPPO LIPPI **
- DOMENICO VENEZIANO **
- Andrea del Castagno *
- Benozzo Gozzoli *
- PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA ***
- FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO MARTINI *
- Luciano Laurana
- Francesco Laurana
- JAN VAN EYCK **
- Rogier Van Der Weyden *
- ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO ***
- ANTONIO DEL POLLAIOLO **
- Benedetto e Giuliano da Maiano
- Giuliano da Sangallo *
- SANDRO BOTTICELLI ***
- DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO *
- Filippino Lippi *
- IL PERUGINO **
- Pintoricchio
- LUCA SIGNORELLI *
- Colantonio
- ANTONELLO DA MESSINA ***
- Francesco Squarciane *
- CARLO CRIVELLI *
- ANDREA MANTEGNA ***
- COSMÈ TURA **
- Francesco del Cossa
- Ercole de’ Roberti **
- Niccolò dell’Arca *
- VINCENZO FOPPA *
- Giovanni Antonio Amadeo
- DONATO BRAMANTE *
- Mauro Condussi
- Jacopo Bellini *
- GIOVANNI BELLINI ***
- Vittore Carpaccio
- ALBRECHT DÜRER *
- LEONARDO ***
- MICHELANGELO ***
- RAFFAELLO ***
- Andrea Sansovino *
- Jacopo Sansovino *
- Fra’ Bartolomeo *
- ANDREA DEL SARTO *
- ROSSO FIORENTINO **
- PONTORMO **
- Domenico Beccafumi
- Baldassarre Peruzzi
- GIULIO ROMANO *
- GIORGIONE ***
- TIZIANO ***
- Palma il Vecchio
- Sebastiano del Piombo
- LORENZO LOTTO *
- CORREGGIO **
- PARMIGIANINO *
- Il Pordenone
- Dosso Dossi *
- GIOVAN GEROLAMO SAVOLDO *
- Giovan Battista Moroni
- BRONZINO *
- GIORGIO VASARI **
- Baccio Bandinelli
- BENVENUTO CELLINI **
- GIAMBOLOGNA **
- FEDERICO BAROCCI *
- Taddeo e Federico Zuccari
- EL GRECO *
- Il Vignola
- TINTORETTO **
- PAOLO VERONESE **
- Jacopo Bassano
- Alessandro Vittoria
- PALLADIO *
- LUDOVICO, Agostino e ANNIBALE CARRACCI ***
- CARAVAGGIO ***
- Orazio e Artemisia Gentileschi *
- GUIDO RENI *
- Domenichino *
- Francesco Albani
- GUERCINO *
- Lanfranco
- PIETER PAUL RUBENS *
- REMBRANDT *
- JAN VERMEER *
- DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ *
- Stefano Maderno
- GIAN LORENZO BERNINI ***
- FRANCESCO BORROMINI *
- PIETRO DA CORTONA *
- Giovan Battista Gaulli
- NICOLAS POUSSIN *
- Claude Lorrain
- ALESSANDRO ALGARDI *
- Il Cerano
- Bernardo Strozzi
- Guarino Guarini *
- Baldassarre Longhena
- Battistello
- Jusepe de Ribera detto lo Spagnoletto
- MATTIA PRETI *
- Francesco Solimena
- LUCA GIORDANO *
- Salvator Rosa *
- Giovanni Paolo Pannini
- Pompeo Batoni *
- Giuseppe Maria Crespi
- GIACOMO CERUTI *
- Giovan Battista Piazzetta
- GIOVAN BATTISTA TIEPOLO **
- PIETRO LONGHI *
- CANALETTO ***
- Francesco Guardi *
- FILIPPO JUVARRA *
- Luigi Vanvitelli
- Giacomo Serpotta

Learning verification modality

The examination includes a final oral test consisting of an interview on stylistic directions, figurative issues, schools and centers of artistic production, the most significant personalities and their
main works. These topics are expounded in the recommended textbooks (see Reference Texts) and partly addressed and deepened during the course. The interview is mostly composed of three questions on different topics and periods, to which is added the discussion of the volume chosen by the candidate between the recommended ones (see Reference Texts). The interview will also assess the methodological knowledge inherent in the discipline (see Reference Texts) and the ability to read the works with correct language property. For attending students, active participation in lectures and tutorials will be an additional element of positive evaluation.

Extended program

L'insegnamento si propone di analizzare il percorso dell'arte italiana dall'inizio del Quattrocento alla metà del Settecento, e dei suoi rapporti con le principali esperienze europee, enucleando, l'attività di maestri e botteghe, i movimenti e le scuole, i generi e le problematiche figurative salienti, inserite nel loro contesto storico, geografico e culturale. Verranno approfonditi alcuni episodi significativi, utili anche ad esemplificare le varie metodologie interpretative della disciplina e indirizzare la lettura, l'analisi e il riconoscimento delle opere.